| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:Indiana_University_Bloomington gptkb:University_of_Chicago
 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:Copley_Medal gptkb:Foreign_Member_of_the_Royal_Society
 gptkb:John_J._Carty_Award_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
 gptkb:Lasker_Award
 gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
 gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1928-04-06 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:children | gptkb:Duncan_Watson gptkb:Rufus_Watson
 
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                                | gptkbp:coDiscovererWith | gptkb:Francis_Crick gptkb:Maurice_Wilkins
 gptkb:Rosalind_Franklin
 
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                                | gptkbp:director | gptkb:Cold_Spring_Harbor_Laboratory 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor | gptkb:Salvador_Luria 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralStudent | gptkb:Mario_Capecchi gptkb:Mark_Ptashne
 gptkb:Nancy_Hopkins
 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:Cold_Spring_Harbor_Laboratory gptkb:Harvard_University
 
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                                | gptkbp:fieldOfWork | genetics molecular biology
 zoology
 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | James Edward Watson 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | discovery of the structure of DNA 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
 gptkb:Pontifical_Academy_of_Sciences
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:notableStudent | gptkb:Mario_Capecchi gptkb:Mark_Ptashne
 gptkb:Nancy_Hopkins
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | discovery of DNA double helix structure 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:biologist 
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                                | gptkbp:publishedIn | gptkb:DNA:_The_Secret_of_Life gptkb:Molecular_Biology_of_the_Gene
 gptkb:The_Double_Helix
 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:atheism 
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                                | gptkbp:residence | gptkb:Cold_Spring_Harbor,_New_York,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:signature | James D Watson signature.svg 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Elizabeth_Lewis 
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                                | gptkbp:website | https://www.cshl.edu/research/faculty-staff/james-d-watson/ 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Connersville,_Indiana 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | James E. Watson 
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